Motion picture camera



I K. M ORSBACH MOTION PICTURE CAMERA Feb. 4, 1936.

' Filed Aug.

Patented Feb. 4, 1936 2,029,736 Morrow rrc'roaneamal o Kurt Morsbach, Berlin-Grnnewald,

.' ApplicationAugust 4, 1932, Serial No. 627,490

, InGermany August4 1931 y (oi; sis-1 or the feeding of the film when thecamera is released. My invention prevents the camera driving means from being started or released for taking pictures unless one or a plurality of the said parts is or are in working position since in such a case it is only possible to take defective pictures.

Particularly useful is an equipment according to my invention in conjunction with the film go guiding parts, because if the film is incorrectly guided'the hook or pin mechanism for pulling the film intermittently past the window cannot feed the film properly and will destroy the perforations in or the sensitized layer on the film.

as My invention extends therefore more particularly to such parts which are of importance for the correct positioning of the film within the camera. For this purpose a looking or arresting member is connected with one or more of these 30 parts, by which member a release or starting of the camera is prevented.

In'a particularly simple 'manner one of the said mechanisms may be applied to a camera, the film guiding parts of which are automatically as brought into the correct position within the camera by operating the cover locking button or knob and, by having the said button or knob connected to only one of the film guiding parts which are adapted to be adjusted together or formed as a 40 part of one of them. As long as the cover locking means of the camera is not in operative position in the closed position of the cover the release or starting of the camera is prevented.

In the drawing afiixed to my specification and 45 forming part thereof an embodiment of my invention is shownapplied to a camera in which the film channel or gate is automatically closed on locking the cover of the camera.

Referring to the drawing, I indicates the cab- 50' inet or case of the camera and 2 a vertical partition wall located inside the'camera upon which is mounted the presser plate 3 of the film channel or guideway and opposite to which is located the film window or aperture 4.

55 Adjacent to the filmwindow there is provided a slot 5 through which projects the 6 for intermittently pulling the film. forward. 4

The hook 6 isguided by means of a pin l, 'in a plate 8 provided with a slot 9 adapted to control the movement of the hook. The hook '6 is actuated by a disk llldriven by driving gear not shown inthe drawing, said hook 6 being. connected with said disk") by means of a crankpin ll. Upon the crankpin II is rigidly mounted a crank l2 which carries a further crankpin l3 upon 'which is pivoted the connecting rod ll for the camera shutter.

The disk I0, adapted to be driven by the drivlng gear, is provided on its periphery with a projection or tooth I5 adapted to be-engaged by a detent or pawl it which can befthrown out of engagement with the projection by moving a suitable releasing means with which the camera is provided. After the release the disk In revolves under the action of the, driving gear and drives the hook 6 and the shutter by means of the connecting rod It.

The presser plate 3 is mounted on or forms part of a bar or rail l8. On the bar l8 are fixed pins l9 and which project through slots 2| and 22 in the partition wall 2, so that the bar is guided along the wall. The protruding end of the pin is is engaged by an oblique slot 23 ina slide 24. The slide is provided at the forward end with extensions 25 and 26 bent at right angles. Between these extensions projects a pin 21. The pin 21 is fixed to the operating knob 28 of the lock of the cover. The lock of the cover consists of a hook 29 connected with the knob 28 which hook in its turn engages a further hook 3| fixed to the cover 30. I

The knob 28 is guided, by means of its pin 21, in a slot 32 provided in the wall I of the camera cabinet. In consequence of this vertical guidance the pin l9 engaging the oblique slot 23 is horizontally displaced so that the bar I! with the presser plate 3 likewise develops a horizontal movement in one direction or the other, according to whether the lock 29, 3| is open or closed.

When opening the lock, i. e. when pushing the knob 28 down, the film channel is opened so that the film may be inserted, while after the film has been inserted and the cover of the camera locked again by pushing the knob 28 upwards the film channel is closed again.

slide 2 is providedwith an extension 38 bent at its end at right angles, which when the film channel is open extends into the path of the pronot in order and is able to correct the fault; in- 15 the-exampleunder consideration this-can easily be eflected by closing the lock of the cover whereby the film channel is closed simultaneously.

The stop 36 then returns into position out of the path oi the projection l and the disk It con- 20, tinues to revolve provided the detent It has been movedback into the inoperative position.

It will be readily understood that structural changes and modifications may be made within the ambit of the appended claims without depart- 25 ing from the spirit of my invention,

What I claim as new anddesire to protect by Letters Patent is:

i. In amotion picture camera, the combination of two members forming a film guide, one

30 of said members being movable relatively to the other from an operative to an inoperative position, film-feeding means, power actuated driving means including a rotatable projection for transmitting motion to said film-feeding means, and

35 a detent connected with the movable member of the film guide and adapted, when said movable member is adjusted to its inoperative position,

'to extend into the path of said rotatable projection' to prevent the transmission of a feed- 40 118 motion to the film-feeding means as long as said movable member is not in its operative position.

.2. In a motion picture camera, the combination 01 two members forming a fllm'channel, one

of said members being movable relatively to the 5 other from an operative to an inoperative position, film-feeding means, a power actuated driving member for transmitting motion to-said film-feeding means, a projection on said driving member, a pawl cooperating with said projection to prevent operation of said driving member, a

movable releasing member for operating said pawl to release said driving member, and a detent connected with the movable member of said mm channel and -1l.dapted"*to project into "the patlr'ifi oi said projection when said movable member moves from its operative position.

3. A motion picture camera having a casing provided with a cover, means for locking the cover in its closedposition, a 111m guide consisting of two members; oneoi said members being movable relatively to. the other from an operativeto aninoperative position, a slide for operating said movable member, an operative connection between said cover locking means and said slide-'25 whereby an unlocking operation or said cover locking means automatically adjusts said movable member to its inoperative position, filmfeeding means, a driving member for transmitting motion -to said film-feeding means, a projection on said driving member; a pawl cooperating with said projection to prevent operation of said driving member, a movable releasing member for operating said pawl to release said driving member, and a detent connected with said slide and adapted to project into the path 01 said projection when said movable member moves from its operative position.

I KlIRT MORSBACH. 

